Liverpool Ophthalmology Society was proud to host the National Ophthalmology Conference 2021 in collaboration with UCL Ophthalmology Society this April.
The online event was packed with interesting talks from 14 Ophthalmologists on topics such as 'Why Ophthalmology Matters', 'Working in Malawi' and 'My Ophthalmology ST1 Portfolio'. There were also oral and poster presentations, which were delivered to a panel of ophthalmologists from St. Paul’s Eye Unit and Moorfield’s Eye Hospital.
The conference had a complete line up of lectures, subspecialty talks and researach presentations.
Students from Portugal, Pakistan, India, Saudi Arabia, Macedonia, Malaysia and 10 other countries tuned in alongside UK student doctors to check out what the conference had to offer.
The Society’s President, Student Doctor Muhammad Tayyab Bhatti shares more about the event and how it was received by attendees,
“The event got an average satisfaction rating of 9.3 out of 10 and the average interest of attendees in ophthalmology as a career jumped 8 points (from 81 to 89 out of 100!)"
This was an incredible achievement for the team, though it did make us worry over the potential increase in competition ratios for future ophthalmology applicants (including ourselves!).
I am incredibly happy to have hosted this conference and would like to thank each member of the team that assisted in the organisation of this amazing event."
The conference featured talks from ophthalmologists on the specialty and their journey within it.
"All of the research presentations were of a high standard, but I would like to highlight and congratulate students from the University of Liverpool who secured prizes for their presentations. Each has chosen to complete an intercalated Master in Research in Clinical Sciences at the University of Liverpool."
Their presentations reflect the high quality of research students undertake here at the University.
Matthew Boyle won first place for his poster presentation on the ‘Association between optical coherence tomography-based predictive features of neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) and nAMD lesion subtype’.
Matt says, “Having a chance to present my poster was a great experience, and I'm hopeful that the research can provide the basis for future studies. I was able to utilise the skills I have picked up from my time intercalating on the MRes in Clinical Sciences course and experience how important discussing research is during a career in Medicine.”
Frank Preston came first place for his oral presentation on ‘Artificial intelligence utilising the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus for the diagnosis and classification of diabetic neuropathy’.
Frank says, “It was a great experience to present my work at the conference! I would definitely recommend intercalating if you’re at all interested in undertaking research in the future, there is so much interesting research going on, especially in Liverpool!”
Sanjog Banstola came in second for his oral presentation on ‘The impact of Virtual Reality (VR) gameplay on visual parameters’.
Sanjog says,“Presenting at the conference was an exciting opportunity I thoroughly enjoyed."
Being able to contribute and share my findings with others allowed me to understand first-hand the invaluable importance of research in medicine.
"I would highly encourage student doctors consider intercalating to practice and enhance their research skills before graduating.”
Very well done to Matt, Frank and Sanjog! Liverpool Ophthalmology Society aims to run an annual conference again next year and looks forward to welcoming even more University of Liverpool student doctors to take part in presenting their research projects."
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